Helm v. State ex rel. Wyoming Workers' Safety & Compensation Division

THOMAS, Justice.

The dispositive issue in this case is whether Linda K. Helm (Helm) failed to meet the burden of proof assigned to her under Pederson v. State ex rel. Wyoming Workers’ Compensation Din, 939 P.2d 740, 742 (Wyo.1997). Specifically, the hearing examiner decided that Helm failed to demonstrate that carpal tunnel syndrome, claimed as a subsequent injury, was causally related to an original, covered injury to her knee. The failure of proof is subject to the rule on review testing whether the decision was arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or contrary to law. Helm phrases…